DevOps Engineer IAMS - Met Office - HEO
Government Digital & Data -
We’re looking for an exceptional DevOps Engineer - IAMS to help us make a difference to our planet.
As our DevOps Engineer - IAMS, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.
Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.
World changing work
From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.
- We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
- We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
- We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
- We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
- We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Job description
Your world of expertise
As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll architect innovative solutions to complex identity challenges and you will be part of a team, to build and maintain an authentication service to help a global user-base access critical weather data and services.
Join us in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning and retrospectives, where you will help shape our team’s future.
Your key duties
- Work independently and as a team writing testable and maintainable Python and JavaScript code.
- Contribute to and maintain CI/CD Pipelines in Azure and AWS.
- Proactively monitor and resolve support incidents (as part of a support rota).
- Ensure documentation is current and accurate.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement authentication and authorization.
We operate an on-call roster in Technology to provide 24/7/365 support to respond to operational service requirements. This post may be part of an on-call roster and the postholder would be required to participate in an on-call roster where in operation.
Person specification
Essential Criteria, skills and experience:
- Proven problem-solving abilities in complex technical environments. (We keep evolving)
- Demonstrable experience developing authentication solutions with Azure AD B2C. (We live and breathe it)
- Adept at writing testable and maintainable Python and JavaScript code. (We’re experts by nature)
- Strong communication skills with evidence of an organised and structured approach to your work and ability to work within a team environment. (We’re better together)
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains to automate application build, testing and deployment. (We’re experts by nature)
